Positive Psychology: "Aulas Felices"

Good afternoon everybody,

In this post, I will provide you with three activities that you can carry out in your class to improve confidence and perseverance among students.

These three exercises are pulled out from a program called "Aulas Felices" whose authors are Ricardo Arguís Rey, Ana Pilar Bolsas Valero, Silvia Hernández Paniello and Mª del Mar Salvador Monge.

The first activity is called "Los ciegos":

Body: In the gym, in pairs, one student will be the blind and the other will be the guide. The guide should say instructions to his or her partner to arrive somewhere together. The exercise will have two parts, in the first one the one who is the blind should follow the instructions but without physical contact. In the second part, they can be guided by touching some part of the body of their guides. At the end, the blind person should say how he or she has felt in both situations with and without physical contact. After that, they have to change their roles.

Goals: Moving around with closed eyes, sharpening the rest of the senses. Develop trust in their partners.

The second activity is called "¡Corre, corre, que te freno!".

Body: All the students, except one of them, should be placed forming a V without spaces between them. In front of the row, the student will have his or her eyes covered. Then, he or she has to reach out until his or her classmates. When everyone has done the activity, they have to say how they have felt during the exercise.

Goals: Run with their eyes closed. Develop trust in their partners.

The third activity is called: "Potenciando la perseverancia en casos especiales"

Body: There are some students that need special steps to strengthen perseverance habits during their school tasks. They can be students with immaturity problems, lack of work habits, attention deficit disorder, lack of motivation, etc. For this reason, we can look up information about some strategies in the following document:

"La concentración en las tareas en casos especiales":  http://documents.mx/documents/la-concentracion-en-las-tareas-en-casos-especialespdf.html

Goals: Favor concentration in ADHD students.